35 sovereigns of gold stolen from rice merchant’s house in Chennai

CHENNAI: Two incidents of crime at Manivakkam near Vandalur in Chennai on Tuesday shocked the residents.

Miscreants broke into the house of a rice merchant and made away with 35 sovereigns of gold. The rice merchant, Muthukumaran, locked the house and went to his shop on Tuesday morning. The burglary came to light when he returned home in the night.

Police suspect the hand of a habitual offender as the modus operandi used in breaking the lock was that of a professional.

In another incident, two men on a motorcycle snatched a 72-year-old woman's gold chain and escaped. The woman, Kasthuri, was returning home after visiting a doctor when the incident happened. She screamed for help, but the chain snatchers escaped.